PNMC: Books

One of the prompts for the Pick N Mix Challenge this week is books! I decided to do my nails based off of my copy of the book Dracula. The red is Nicole By OPI Challenge Red-y, and the silver is Essie No Place Like Chrome.

Game Of Thrones: House Targaryen

I've been meaning to post these nails for two days now, but I've just been super lazy. On top of that, I'm not particularly proud of them. Anyway, for the Targaryens I did something a little different, mostly because I was too much of a wimp to attempt painting their sigil. I painted Daenerys's dragon's eggs. I sort of combined how they look in the show and how they're described in the book. On my pinky is just a design using the Targaryen house colors and on my thumb is their house words "Fire and Blood."

For the bases I used a mix of Zoya Josie and China Glaze Def Defying, Xtreme Wear Grey Area, Zoya Jacqueline, and Nicole By OPI Challenge Red-y. The detail on the eggs is Xtreme Wear Time To Shine, Color Club Berry And Bright, and Xtreme Wear Golden-I.

Game Of Thrones: Houses Martell and Tyrell

Today's Game of Thrones manicure is for the houses Martell and Tyrell. I ended up painted these two together because both of their sigils are round and really wouldn't do well as a single manicure. I painted the Martell sun being pierced by a spear and an additional spear on my pointer. I also painted the Tyrell rose and a thorny vine on my pinky.

The orange is Zoya Arizona, the red is Revlon Valentine, the green is China glaze Starboard and the yellow is Zoya Darcy.

Game Of Thrones: Houses Baratheon and Lannister

Hello! For this manicure I painted the sigils of the houses Baratheon and Lannister from Game of Thrones. I tried to figure out a way to give each of these houses their own manicure, but it just wasn't happening, so I decided to put them together! As you can see, I did the Baratheon Stag and the Lannister Lion facing each other.

 The yellow is Zoya Darcy, the red is Revlon Valentine, and the gold is China Glaze Midnight Kiss.

Game Of Thrones: House Tully

For today's Game of Thrones manicure I painted the sigil of the Tully's, which is a trout. I didn't have enough room underneath the fish, so I painted the blue ways vertically down my pinky instead. I painted his whole body with acrylic paint and it didn't even out too well with the topcoat, but luckily it wasn't that noticeable on camera.

The base is Nicole By OPI Challenge Red-y. The blue is China Glaze Man Hunt.

Game Of Thrones: House Stark

Hello! Today I have a manicure that I am super excited about! The fourth season of Game Of Thrones premieres this upcoming Sunday. Because I am so excited for this season to begin, from today leading up until Sunday I will be posting manicures inspired by some of the most prominent houses in Westeros. Up first are the Starks! For the Starks I painted their house sigil, a direwolf, across my nails. Although according to the books the Stark banner is a grey direwolf on a white field, I didn't want to have such a plain background, so instead I took inspiration from the HBO version, which has a green stripe at the bottom.

The base color is Zoya Jacqueline. The grey is Xreme Wear Wet Cement, and the green stripe is LA Splash Greenery.

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

 Hello! Tonight I am going to see the second installment of The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug. For the movie I painted Smaug the dragon across my nails. There are so many different interpretations of him that I sort of pulled a bit of inspiration from all over. I even put smoke coming from his nostrils! Unfortunately this lighting makes him look pretty dull. He's much more fiery and majestic in real life!

For his body I used China Glaze Cranberry Splash. I also used some of China Glaze Riveting, Goin' My Way, Mommy Kissing Santa, and Nicole by OPI Dandy Lion. His teeth and eye are Zoya Darcy.

The Hobbit

Hello! I am really excited about today's nails! I'm seeing The Hobbit tonight, and as is customary, I did some nail art! Unfortunately I wasn't able to finish these before the sun went down, which meant that I had to take photos in my bathroom. I really wanted to get this post up today and get some pictures now just in case they start chipping. If the nails are still intact tomorrow I'm going to try to get some better pictures. For now, this will do!

On my pinky is Gollum, and my middle finger is The One Ring. On my ring finger is Thorin, the dwarf that leads Bilbo and the Company of Dwarves. On my pinky is a the Hobbits hairy feet. I was kind of weirded out by painting an actual foot on my nail, so I just did the hair.

Bilbo's Hobbit Hole!

Every color on Gollum was mixed, so I have no idea what they are. The ring is Essie Good as Gold. Thorin's skin is LA Splash Nudist, and his hair is a mixture of black and white. The hobbit foot hair is China Glaze Mahogany Magic, and Foie Gras. For Bilbo's house I mixed some white with Zoya Arizona. The door is Revlon Splash and the red trim is Valentine. The grass is Xtreme Wear Green With Envy and LA Splash Greenery, and the sky is Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau.

31 Day Challenge II: Inspired By A Book

Day 23 is inspired by a book. This was another hard one for me because I love to read and there are so many books I enjoy. After some thought, I settle on The Collector. I read The Collector for school in my junior year and I loved it! It was definitely the best book I've ever been assigned. The book is about a man named Clegg who is infatuated with a young woman, Miranda. He watches her for a while and devises a plan to kidnap her, which he later follows through with. A hobby of Clegg's is butterfly collecting. I took inspiration from that and painted butterflies on my nails. On my thumb I did the cover of one of the versions of the book, which is a red dress all tied up.

The gradient on my pinky and ring fingers is made of Color Club Take Me To Your Chateau, Xtreme Wear Pacific Blue, Orly Sweet Peacock, and Color Club Cold Metal. The gradient on my middle and pointer fingers is Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Coral Reef, and Caribbean Coral. The base on my thumb is Zoya Kristen, and the dress is Caribbean Coral.

Fight Club

Today's nail art is inspired by one of my favorite books and movies, Fight Club! And now I'm forced to break the first two rules of Fight Club! Anyway here's what I did for this design. I did a blood spatter, which is not a rare occurrence at Fight Club, an explosion because a character plans to blow up a skyscraper, a tie because the narrator works in an office, a kiss because he also has a kiss burned onto his hand with lye, and pink soap with the title on it, because the characters make and sell soap.

I used Color Club Heart To Heart, Xtreme Wear Sun Kissed, Mellow Yellow, Essie Power Clutch, Zoya Kiki, and a black and white.

Lullaby

Here's yet another manicure inspired by a Chuck Palahniuk book, Lullaby. Lullaby doesn't have as much artwork as the other books do, so I thought I'd try my hand at the cursive on the cover.
Left Hand:

 Right Hand:

The book cover.

I used Color Club Get Your Lem-On, a white and a black.

Diary

Today's manicure is inspired by another Chuck Palahniuk book, Diary. Inside the cover of Diary there are a lot of simple black and white pictures, as well as a page of vibrant flowers. I thought that this book's artwork would be fun to try and recreate.

I used Xtreme Wear Mellow Yellow, Color Club Heart To Heart, and just a black and white.

Survivor

Today's nails are inspired by the cover of the book Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk. The cover has a lot of nice intricate designs on it, so I thought it would be fun to try and recreate them on my nails.

The book cover 

I used Xtreme Wear Black Out, White On, and Golden-I.

31 Day Challenge: Day 24

Today is inspired by a book!

Like yesterday, today I was also faced with a tough choice. When I actually thought about practical designs though, the choice was obvious. Todays nails are inspired by the book Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk. This is a great book, and the cover is perfect for nail art.
I tried to do an actual splatter manicure, using a straw and everything, but every time I would blow through the straw the polish would just plop out in a big glob. Because of this I just settled for basically making a mess on my nails using a toothpick! I think it worked fairly well. Not exactly what I originally had in mind though.

 I used Xtreme Wear White On and Color Club Yum Gum.